But the link http://doc2pdf.sourceforge.net/overview.html seems to use e-mail, i did not understand, I just want to extract a word .doc file from the mssql database, save in a temp directory, convert to the PDF format and let the user download the PDF file. 2009/11/3 Chris <dmagick@xxxxxxxxx> > Rafael Costa Pimenta wrote: > >> Hi >> someone knows how to convert a word .doc to a PDF using PHP? >> > > There are external tools available to do it. > > http://doc2pdf.sourceforge.net/overview.html is one such tool. > > After installing it you exec the binary: > > exec('pdf2doc blah blah'); > > where 'blah blah' is whatever pdf2doc tells you to put in. > > > and how to store and retrieve a .doc file in a mssql database? >> > > I searched for 'mssql binary data' and found this article: > > > http://www.databasejournal.com/features/mssql/article.php/1475641/Storing-and-Retrieving-Binary-Data-in-SQL-Server.htm > > -- > Postgresql & php tutorials > http://www.designmagick.com/ > > -- Rafael Costa Pimenta Analista de Sistemas Fresenius Medical Care - RJ - Brasil Tel. 55 21 2179-2484 (Escritório central)
